Wang Xiaotong smiled and said: "The general has increased the number of our artillery team, and even if he was promoted, he also gave three tiger squat cannons plus one red-coated cannon, and now our artillery battalion has six tiger squatting cannons and one red-coated cannon." ”

"Captain, captain, how many people has the general added to our artillery team?"

They all looked at Wang Xiaotong, and Wang Xiaotong said proudly: "The general has allocated me 200 people, that is, the establishment of a brigade, and in the future, our artillery team will no longer be a team, but a brigade." ”

Wang Xiaotong's voice had not yet fallen, and there was already an exclamation below.

"Brigade! It turned out to be a brigade, we just thought that the general gave a squadron was already good, but I didn't expect it to be a brigade, captain, you have jumped several levels in a row, it's terrible, it's terrible, the captain will definitely not be in the pool in the future, and he will definitely fly Huang Tengda to worship the marquis. ”

"Hahahaha"

Wang Xiaotong saw that he had almost said it, so he said loudly: "Brothers, don't talk about it yet, let's go and transport the three tiger squat cannons and a red-clothed cannon that the general gave us first, and there will be a banquet in the evening." ”

"Okay, Captain, let's go."

…………

At that time, the sky was not yet dark, and in the camp outside the city, there was still a place where Liu Xia lived in the city, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere. Yesterday, just after the defeat of this Guide Mansion, Liu Xia ordered all the troops to rest for a day, and what to do until the next day.

There was supposed to be a celebration banquet that was not held, and Liu Xia was going to make up for this celebration banquet tonight, except for some of the soldiers who guarded Shangqiu City who strictly guarded their posts, all the other generals and soldiers joined in the banquet, but the difference was that the soldiers and the low-level soldiers were drinking and eating meat in their own camps, and those high-ranking generals were now gathered in the hall in the big courtyard where Liu Xia was.

Liu Xia sat on the main seat, and the battalion commanders and deputy battalion commanders of each battalion were seated on both sides, and each person had a small table, which was filled with all kinds of wine and food, these soldiers have been fighting these days, where have they eaten such good things? Looking at these delicacies, many generals drooled greedily. Of course, no Liu Xia has spoken now, and no general dares to take the lead.

"Come, General Ben will give you a glass of wine first" Liu Xia raised his glass and stood up, and said to the generals of the battalions.

Liu Xia stood up now, and the generals also stood up one after another, and they all raised their wine glasses.

"Drink!"

"Today is a celebration feast, you don't have to be so restrained, let go."

As soon as Liu Xia said this, the hall suddenly became lively, toasting and talking to each other, talking about the future.

"Today I want to eat ten roast chickens and drink ten jars of good wine" Wang Shishi carried a jar of wine and poured it into his mouth, and in his other hand was a chicken thigh, which had been bitten by Wang Shishi.

Wang Shishi's words immediately attracted a burst of laughter, Liu Xia said with a smile: "You can drink as much as you want today, as long as you can drink the stone, not to mention ten altars or twenty altars, the general will also give it to you." ”

"General, this is what you said, I will drink twenty jars of him today."

"Hahahaha"

Chen Liudao: "Sir, we have captured Guide Mansion, I believe that it will not be long before the Manchu Tartars in the north will know the news, and at that time, Dolgon will definitely send a great future to conquer, and the general must be on guard." ”

Liu Xia drank a glass of wine and said indifferently: "General Ben knows about this, and he has already sent some scouts to inquire about the news to see who the Tartars have sent." Most of the victory over Duoduo was a matter of luck, but this time the Tartars will definitely be more careful, and we need to step up our precautions and let the soldiers of the battalions step up their training. ”

Chen Liu tore a piece of chicken, chewed it and swallowed it, and replied: "General, most of the Tartars in the north are cavalry, and the main force of our army is also cavalry, compared to the cavalry of the Tartars, we are slightly inferior, and I think the generals will not disagree." ”

Ma Peng put the jar of wine in his hand on the table and shouted, "Then what do you say we should do?" How can our physical strength be compared to that of the Tartars? ”

Chen Liudao: "To deal with the Tartars, you can only outwit them, and if you fight directly, even if you win a big victory, you will suffer heavy losses." ”

The era of cold weapons relied on physical strength and force. Compared with the Tartars in the north, the Han people in the south were a little smaller, so they naturally suffered a little, which made Liu Xia's determination to build muskets even more aggravated.

Liu Xia thought to himself that if his soldiers were all holding muskets, it would not be easy to fight the tartars? You must know that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, some Western coalition troops of several thousand people were able to defeat the city of Beijing, although the children of the Eight Banners at that time were indeed not very good, but there were still many people.

"How's the boot camp going?" Liu Xia suddenly asked.

Zhang Liang replied: "Returning to the general, those poles that began to be collected at the beginning are now basically recovered, and the thousands of homeless people recruited on the road are still a little insufficient, as for the 600 troops that the general asked the last general to receive, although the physical fitness is good, and they are all soldiers who have been on the battlefield, but the loyalty cannot be grasped, so the last general does not dare to use it." ”

Liu Xia asked again: "Intensify training, the other battalions are the same, because these soldiers are veterans before, and due to the restrictions of the environment, this general did not formulate some training plans for you, but now that you are here, you can be regarded as having a stable environment." Then the officers and men of the battalions began to intensify their training. General Ben is giving you a few more training items. ”

"The main purpose of the daily necessary queue training is to cultivate the sense of obedience of the soldiers. To achieve the purpose of ordering and prohibiting must be stopped. The army's internal hygiene must be done well and neatly, and when the time comes, General Ben will personally go to inspect it. There are also 500 push-ups a day, which can be increased one at a time, and at the beginning of the day, do 100 a day. As for the system, I have asked Chen Liu to write it on a piece of paper, and I will send it to you when the time comes. ”

"The training of recruits is very important, what General Ben wants is an elite division, not a herd of sheep and a pile of garbage, and from tomorrow all battalions will step up training. There are some differences between the training items of the recruit camp and those of veterans, and the detailed training items have also been written, and I will go to Chen Liu to get them in a while. ”

"Yes"

"Guys, come and drink!"

"Drink, drink, hahaha"

……

The backyard of the county government where the prefect of Guide Mansion lives is very large, there are pavilions and pavilions, and it is very magnificent, and only Liu Xia and Bian Yujing live here, Bian Yujing's current identity is also a little embarrassing, saying that it is Liu Xia's wife, but Liu Xia did not marry her, nor did he touch her. said no, the two have always had an ambiguous relationship.